Drop Biscuits
onceuponachef.com · 2022 · 8 biscuits
Against 321 biscuit recipes
More fat than 95% of recipes and more salt than 95%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 321 biscuit recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More fat than 95% of recipes: 63% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
- More salt than 95% of recipes: 3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
Ingredients (9)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, (spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off)≈ 250 g
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch≈ 24 g
- 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
- ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- 1 tablespoon sugar≈ 13 g
- 1¼ teaspoons salt≈ 8 g
- 11 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, (cut into ½-in (13-mm) chunks)≈ 156 g
- ¾ to 1 cup buttermilk, (as necessary (see note))≈ 214 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Melted butter (for brushing baked biscuits (optional))n/a
flour 250 gbatter 676 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 321 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Fat63% · 95th percentile · median 40%
- Buttermilk85% · 52nd percentile · median 84%
- Leavening4.9% · 41st percentile · median 5.1%
- Sugar5% · 69th percentile · median 3.3%
- Salt3% · 96th percentile · median 1.6%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 17 to 20 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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